Wednesday, January 21, 2015

A SECOND LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND OWNERS OF THE WEDGWOOD SENIOR LIVING APARTMENTS, THE CASTLE HILLS HIGH-RISE IN TEXAS WHERE A FATAL FIRE BROKE OUT LAST MONTH.



A SECOND LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND OWNERS OF THE WEDGWOOD SENIOR LIVING APARTMENTS, THE CASTLE HILLS HIGH-RISE IN TEXAS WHERE A FATAL FIRE BROKE OUT LAST MONTH.







January 21, 2015
 
A second lawsuit has been filed against the management company and owners of the Wedgwood Senior Living apartments, the Castle Hills high-rise where a fatal fire broke out last month.

The suit, filed by seven residents ranging from 59 to 86 years old, alleges that Wedgwood Senior Apartments LLC, Bellamar Texas LLC and Entrada Management Services Inc. were negligent in their maintenance and operations of the 11-story building.

“The Defendants failed completely in their duty to the vulnerable elderly occupants — with tragic and far-reaching consequences the full depths of which are not yet known,” the suit says.

The suit alleges that building managers did not enforce a no-smoking policy and that they did not have operable smoke detectors in every room. It also blames them for not having a sprinkler system, although Castle Hills regulations allowed the building to be grandfathered from installing the devices.

An attorney for the defendants said he had not seen the suit yet and could not comment. A spokesperson for Entrada Management did not immediately return a message.

Five people died in the Dec. 28 fire and a sixth person died two days later, although authorities have not said if that death was connected to the fire. Authorities are still investigating the cause.

Two dozen residents filed a lawsuit against the building owners and managers earlier this month.